Updated 11:13 pm, Monday, March 19, 2018 GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff's deputy has fatally shot a man in South Carolina. Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis tells news outlets a man wielding a knife was killed after charging at deputies Monday evening. He says deputies had been called out for a disturbance and found at least five people in a home who were "potential hostage victims." The coroner's office has not released the man's name yet. Lewis says the man was "very agitated" and had something similar to a butcher's knife. The shooting happened after negotiations including "less lethal options" failed. Latest Houston & Texas News Now Playing: Now Playing Study: White men stockpiling guns Fox 26 Houston NAACP urging caution after Austin bombings Fox 26 Houston Search for killer continues Fox 26 Houston Family desperate for answers after 22-year-old man gunned down on southwest Houston street Fox 26 Houston Harvey … [Read more...] about South Carolina sheriff: Deputy fatally shoots man with knife

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. -- President Trump's tweet about trade with Germany struck a nerve in a southern state he won: South Carolina. "This is one of those cases where the president should have gotten his facts first before he went on attack because it's just wrong," said Ted Pitts, who runs the Chamber of Commerce. In the Upstate region alone, there are 442 international companies -- 136 of them German. "We need to build stronger relationships with German companies who have made a huge impact on South Carolina and its people," Pitts said. Cody Crandall, 23, sought out an assembly-line job at BMW's largest manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County. "The starting pay was excellent. It was one of the best in the area," he said. "So what do you say to the president who's saying that Germany may not be giving us a good deal?" CBS News asked. "I think he needs to check out Spartanburg, South Carolina, and check out the BMW plant here," Crandall said. Nine thousand people are employed … [Read more...] about U.S. losing to Germany in trade? South Carolina community doesn’t think so

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on storms in the western Carolinas (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A National Weather Service survey team has confirmed that tornadoes touched down in two places in South Carolina. A statement from the weather service office in Greer said damage found in Cherokee County on Tuesday was the result of an EF-2 tornado. The weather service also said the survey team confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down and caused damage in Spartanburg County. The tornadoes were part of storms that brought severe weather to North Carolina and South Carolina on Monday. The statement also said additional damage has yet to be surveyed, and the tornado ratings could change. A final assessment was expected Tuesday evening. Another survey team is in Cleveland County in North Carolina assessing damage from the storm. ___ 3:40 p.m. Several stretches of the Blue Ridge Parkway are closed because of severe weather that caused heavy rainfall in North Carolina. A news release from … [Read more...] about The Latest: EF-2 tornadoes confirmed in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A call to honor a black Civil War hero with a monument at the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, onetime epicenter of a groundswell movement to rid communities of Confederate symbols, is being made by two lawmakers in a bid to encourage consensus-building in a nation divided by the issue. Two state senators — a black Democrat and a white Republican — announced their proposal Wednesday to memorialize Robert Smalls, who in 1862 hijacked a Confederate supply ship he worked on, steered his family to freedom and delivered the ammunition-laden vessel to the Union. If approved, Smalls' would be the first monument on Statehouse grounds to an individual African-American in South Carolina, which removed the Confederate flag from those grounds in 2015 after a mass shooting by an avowed white supremacist. "Robert Smalls was both a warrior and peacemaker, both a combative and kind man who accomplished incredible feats," said Republican state Sen. Greg Gregory, who … [Read more...] about South Carolina: Call for a monument to black Civil War hero